Fatal flaws : how a misfolded protein baffled scientists and changed the way we look at the brain /
"Discovered and identified as the cause of mad cow disease only three decades ago, the prion is a protein molecule that, when misshapen in the brain, becomes fatal. Novel and controversial, prions have provoked a scientific revolution. They challenge the very foundations of biology: A disease-c...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2013.
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